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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

October 13, 2014Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2014, 2:49 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2014, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL

Counties Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 13, 12:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 12:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1209 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

.UPDATE...
FOR 06Z TAFS

&&

.DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 833 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014/
CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION, SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SUPERCELLULAR,
CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ALONG AND N OF A SFC WARM FRONT SITUATED NEAR
AND JUST NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR IN MS AND AL. A WEDGE FRONT WAS
PUSHING SWWD (NOTED ON FFC RADAR) INTO NWRN GA. THIS MAY EVEN GET
CLOSE TO DEKALB COUNTY. AS ONE CLUSTER CROSSES NERN AL AT THIS HOUR,
NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS ORIENTED IN A SSW- NNE DIRECTION IN WRN AL FROM
WNW OF TUSCALOOSA THRU HAYLEYVILLE AND MOULTON IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.
THESE WILL LIKELY TRACK NE INTO NC/NERN AL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
OTHER CLUSTERS OF STORMS ARE GATHERING IN THE ARKLAMISS REGION WITH
AN EXPECTED MOVEMENT TO THE NE AND WILL AFFECT NW AL AND SRN TN LATE
TONIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE FEEDING OFF AN INCREASING LLJ ACROSS
THE LOWER MS VALLEY. OUR LLJ SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25-30KT,
CERTAINLY ENOUGH TO KEEP PERSISTENT MOISTURE TRANSPORT. EFFECTIVE
BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 30-40KT SHOULD SUSTAIN ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT AS
WELL DESPITE LOSS OF HEATING, BUT THE OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
REMAINS QUITE LOW. WE HAVE HAD WEAK-MODERATE MESOCYCLONES THAT WERE
PROBABLY AIDED BY AFTERNOON HEATING. OUR BIGGER CONCERN OVERNIGHT
WILL BE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DUE TO TRAINING. THE PRIMARY AREA
OF CONCERN IS ACROSS OUR SRN/SERN COUNTIES WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS
ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN TODAY. WILL BE RAISING THE POP IN THESE
AREA INTO THE CATEGORICAL RANGE.

AK

.AVIATION...
FOR 06Z TAFS... NMRS SHRA AND TSRA WILL AFFECT THE KMSL AND KHSV
VCNTY THRU AT LEAST 08Z. THIS TREND MAY NEED FURTHER AMDS THIS
MORNING. TEMPO FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS (IFR AT KMSL AND MVFR AT KHSV) DUE
TO LOWERED VSBY WITHIN TS. LOW CLOUDS MAY TEND TO DEVELOP BY 14Z IF
NOT SOONER IN MOIST SELY FLOW. THE CIGS SHOULD SCATTER AND LIFT INTO
THE VFR CATEGORY BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SHRA AND TSRA MAY
DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT PROB IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE
IN THE PREVAILING FORECAST. SHRA AND TSRA WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE
IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE MONDAY EVENING AND MONDAY
NIGHT, AND FUTURE FORECASTS WILL LIKELY REFLECT THIS TREND.

AK

&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE
AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 8:48 PM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
848 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-131000-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
848 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS
A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
AND HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. FLASH FLOODING COULD
OCCUR IN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WHERE PERSISTENT DOWNPOURS OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE
HAIL.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY TUESDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE
WEST. ONE OR MORE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE IN NORTHWEST
ALABAMA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PROGRESS SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE REST OF
NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE BEFORE EXITING EARLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF TORNADOES AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD WILL PRODUCE
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
LIKELY FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 12, 11:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1102 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014

ALZ001-002-130430-
LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL-
1102 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LAUDERDALE AND EAST
CENTRAL COLBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1101 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ST. FLORIAN...OR NEAR FLORENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD...KILLEN...LEXINGTON...ST.
FLORIAN...UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...NORTHWEST ALABAMA REGIONAL AIRPORT
AND GREEN HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3478 8774 3500 8761 3500 8736 3482 8751
      3474 8756 3474 8762 3475 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 216DEG 32KT 3484 8762

JMS

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 12:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1234 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALZ001>003-130615-
LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL-FRANKLIN AL-
1234 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE...WESTERN
COLBERT AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 1234 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES EAST OF TISHOMINGO STATE PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEROKEE...BLOODY SPRINGS...MALONE...SRYGLEY CHURCH...PRIDE
LANDING...RED ROCK...MT HESTER...POGO...MAUD AND BARTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 8809 3481 8777 3450 8795 3456 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 199DEG 32KT 3461 8802

70/DD

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 1:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
120 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALZ001>003-130700-
LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL-FRANKLIN AL-
120 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE...COLBERT
AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 119 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE STRONGEST CELL WAS LOCATED 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUSCUMBIA. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA...RED
BAY...CHEROKEE...ST. FLORIAN...BELGREEN AND UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3459 8814 3489 8810 3490 8811 3491 8811
      3491 8764 3431 8776 3432 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 189DEG 41KT 3465 8783

70/DD

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 2:04 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
204 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

TNZ096-130745-
LINCOLN TN-
204 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL
245 AM CDT...

AT 203 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS CLUSTER
OF STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...LINCOLN...HOWELL...KELSO...MIMOSA...FLINTVILLE...
SMITHLAND...MULBERRY...MOLINO AND SKINEM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3524 8642 3524 8641 3523 8641 3523 8639
      3518 8637 3515 8637 3499 8641 3500 8663
      3525 8661
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 189DEG 17KT 3506 8651

70/DD

Local storm report, Oct 13, 2:30 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
230 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0211 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NNE CHEROKEE          34.77N 87.96W
10/13/2014                   COLBERT            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            8TH STREET AT HERBERT STREET IS FLOODED IN DOWNTOWN
            CHEROKEE. POLICE OFFICERS ARE BARRICADING THE STREET.
            DEPTH OF WATER IS 6-8 INCHES AND RISING RAPIDLY.

&&

12

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 2:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
249 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

TNZ076-096-130830-
MOORE TN-LINCOLN TN-
249 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MOORE AND CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

AT 248 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR FAYETTEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH
TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...LYNCHBURG...PETERSBURG...TIMS FORD LAKE...HOWELL...
BOONSHILL...BELLEVILLE...HURDLOW...MARBLE HILL AND BOONEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3541 8626 3537 8626 3537 8628 3524 8629
      3522 8632 3521 8630 3517 8631 3512 8683
      3526 8683 3525 8675 3531 8668 3533 8660
      3537 8659 3535 8654 3536 8649 3532 8642
      3535 8641 3536 8633 3541 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 203DEG 24KT 3522 8660

70/DD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	30 min
Oct 12, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	40 min
Oct 12, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	27 min
Oct 12, 9:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	4 hr
Oct 12, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lauderdale	28 min
Oct 12, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lauderdale	28 min
Oct 13, 12:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert	41 min
Oct 13, 12:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	6 hr
Oct 13, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	40 min
Oct 13, 2:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	3 hr
Oct 13, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	36 min
Oct 13, 4:27 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	17 hr
Oct 13, 4:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	23 hr
Oct 13, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	3 hr
Oct 13, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	36 min
Oct 13, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	36 min
Oct 13, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Marshall, Morgan	34 min
Oct 13, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	24 min
Oct 13, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	30 min
Oct 13, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	33 min
Oct 13, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	39 min
Oct 13, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	21 min
Oct 13, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	34 min
Oct 13, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	15 min
Oct 13, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	31 min
Oct 13, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone, Madison	22 min
Oct 13, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	15 min
Oct 13, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	38 min
Oct 13, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln	41 min
Oct 13, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Moore	44 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.